Shingle.



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SHINGLB.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 8, 1913. 1,077,095.

Patented Oct. 28,1913.

22 INVENTOR Atlorxq d iii 11G fin smnenn.

npceiflcetzlon of Letters Patent.

Fatented Get. 23%,

Application filed April 8, 1813. Serial Ho. 759,337.

.7 10 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM S. Darn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Dunkirk in the county of Hardin and State of Ohio, have invented a new and improved Shingle, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to shingles and has reference more particularly to a shingle provided along one of its edges with an extension or oil-set serving as a gage or guide in applying the shingle.

T he object of my invention is to provide a simple strong and durable shingle which may he rashioned from any suitable composition or other material adapted for the purpose which can be used for roofing, siding, decorating and other purposes by means which a water and weatherproof cover ean'he applied to roofs or walls, which is so constructed that the shingles can be accurately spaced and located when being applicthhy means of which the use of striking lines or straight edges is obviated as the shingle constitutes a gage in itself, and which minimizes the expenditure of time and labor in anolying the shingles.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts to be more fully described hereinafter and particularly set forth in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawin s forming a part of this specification in wnich similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all of the views and in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of my invention; Fig. 2 is a plain view showing a number of the shingles laid; Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the shingles disposed in a different arrangement; Fig. 4 is a plain view of a modified form of my invention; Fig. 5 is a plain view of a further modified form of shingle; and Fig. 6 is a similar view of another modified form of the invention.

Before proceeding to more detailed explanation of my invention it should be clearly understood that while the shingle is preferably of the prepared or com iosition kind it can also he of other material, for example wood. The invention itself may be embodied in different forms, and may be plain or ornamental.

Referring more garticuhu'ly to the drawings Figs. 1, 2 an 3, I provide a shingle having a body 10 of substantially rectangulnr form and olt greater length than width. The shingle is in eli'ect of oblong shape having parallel transverse edges 11 and parallel longitudinal edges 12. The shingle is of suitable thickness, and if it is so desired may have the corners sli htly rounded. Disposed along one of the longitudinal edges 12 the shingle has an extension 13 and along one of the transverse edges 11 a similar extension 14. Those extensions join at one corner of the shingle, and each extends along its edge of the shingle for a distance slightl exceeding one half the length of that ec go.

In Fig. 2, I have shown a number of the shingles laid and spaced apart in each instance the width of an edge extension. These extensions, it will be readily understood act as guides or gages in laying the shin 1 es, permitting them to be accurately line and disposed with reference to each other. In Fig. 3, I have also shown a number of shingles laid, but disposed in different arrangement, that, is, with their lengths horizontal. This arrangement is distinguished from that shown in Fig. 2 in which lengths of the shingle are disposed vertically.

In Fi 4 is shown a modified form of shingle 111 which the body 15 is of such dimension that it in eilcct constitutes three shingles of ordinary size. It has at one edge an extension 16 correspondin to the extension 13 of the previously described form of shingle. In addition it is provided with two slots 17 spaced equi-distunce from the ends of the shingle. These slots extend inwardly from the lower edge as far as the extension 10, and correspond in width, to that of the extension itself and like the some serve as guides or gages in the laying of the shingles. Furthermore, they accord the shingle the appearance of three separate shingles.

In Fig. 5 is illustrated a further modilied form of the shingle which comprises a body 18 e uivalent in size to one and a half shing es of the previously described form. It has along one of its end edges an extension 19 corresponding to the extension 13 of the ordinary shingle. It likewise has at its lower edge a slot '20 corresponding to one of the slots 17 of the shingle shown in Fl". -l and serving a like purpose.

In Fig. 6 is shown a shingle 21 having ilO extensions 22 and '23 like corresponding parts 13 and 14 of the shingle 10. Its lower portion 24:, however, is provided at the corners with arcuate edges 25, to render this shingle of ornamental form. Other than this its proportions are similar to those of the preferred device.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is Y 1. A shingle provided along two of its adjacent edges with extensions adapted to constitute guides or gages.

2. A shingle of oblong form having along two of its adjacent edges extensions, con- 15 stitnting guides or gages, and each extending along 'its edge of the shingle for a distance somewhat exceeding one half the length of that edge.

In testimony whereof I ha ve signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM S. ORTH. v

Witnesses:

J. B. ORTHI, G. M. KINesBURY. 

